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After five years of development, the release of GnuPG 2.4.0 (GNU Privacy Guard) is here, compatible with OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, providing utilities for data encryption, working with digital signatures, key management, and accessing public key repositories. GnuPG 2.4.0 is positioned as the first release of a new stable branch, incorporating changes accumulated during the preparation of releases […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 5.8 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been announced, based on the Debian package base and intended for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored in a way that preserves data between sessions using encryption. […]
The release of Linux Mint 21.1 has been announced, continuing the development of the branch based on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS package base. The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but significantly differs in its approach to user interface organization and the selection of default applications. The Linux Mint developers provide a desktop environment that adheres to classic desktop organization principles, which is more familiar to users who do not embrace new […]
The release of the home library cataloger MyLibrary 1.0 has taken place. The program's code is written in C++ and is available (GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the GTK4 library. The program is adapted for use in Linux and Windows operating systems. For Arch Linux users, a ready-made package is available in AUR. MyLibrary catalogs book files in […]
The release of the EndeavourOS 22.12 project is now available, succeeding the Antergos distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019 due to a lack of free time among the remaining maintainers to support the project adequately. The installation image size is 1.9 GB (x86_64, with a separate build being developed for ARM). EndeavourOS allows users to install Arch Linux without unnecessary complexity, along with […]
Valve has released VKD3D-Proton 2.8, a branch from the vkd3d codebase, created to enhance support for Direct3D 12 in the Proton gaming launch package. VKD3D-Proton includes specific changes, optimizations, and improvements for better performance of Windows games based on Direct3D 12, which have not yet been accepted into the main vkd3d codebase. Distinctive features also include a focus on […]
The Linux Foundation has announced the creation of a non-profit association, the Overture Maps Foundation, aimed at developing a neutral and company-independent platform for the collaborative advancement of tools and a unified schema for storing geographic data, as well as maintaining a collection of open maps that can be used in personal mapping services. The founding members of the project include companies such as Amazon Web Services […]
The release of postmarketOS 22.12 has been published, developing a Linux distribution for smartphones, based on the Alpine Linux package base, the standard C library Musl, and a set of BusyBox utilities. The goal of the project is to provide a Linux distribution for smartphones that is independent of the support lifecycle of official firmware and not tied to the typical solutions of major industry players that dictate the direction of development. Builds have been prepared for the PINE64 PinePhone, […]
The SystemRescue 9.06 release is now available, a specialized Live distribution based on Arch Linux designed for system recovery after failure. Xfce is used as the graphical environment. The size of the iso image is 748 MB (amd64, i686). Changes in the new version include the inclusion of the MemTest86+ 6.00 program for testing RAM in the boot image, supporting operation on UEFI systems and invoked from the boot menu […]
To enable kernel Linux 6.2, improvements to Btrfs have been proposed, addressing the "write hole" issue in the RAID 5/6 implementation. The essence of the problem is that if a crash occurs during writing, it is initially impossible to determine which block was successfully written on which RAID device and which write was not completed. In the event of an attempt to restore the RAID in such a […]
The release of the spam filtering platform SpamAssassin 4.0.0 has been announced. SpamAssassin offers a comprehensive approach to blocking decisions: Initially, the message undergoes a series of checks (contextual analysis, DNSBL black and white lists, machine-learning Bayesian classifiers, signature checks, sender authentication via SPF and DKIM, etc.). After evaluating the message using various methods, a certain weight coefficient is accumulated. If the calculated coefficient […]
After six years of development, the release of the open-source computer-aided design system LibreCAD 2.2 is now available. The system is aimed at 2D design tasks, such as preparing engineering and architectural drawings, schemes, and plans. It supports importing drawings in DXF and DWG formats and exporting in DXF, PNG, PDF, and SVG formats. The LibreCAD project was created in 2010 as a fork from […]